Janet Kolb:  

I was that girl with big Elton John style glasses. I had so many friends at Loveland High School that I will always remember and cherish. But once I graduated I went to Colorado State University majoring in journalism. I flunked out. So I did what any other 19-year-old girl would do. I moved to Kansas. Actually I got a job as a newspaper reporter and spent four years in Kansas plus another few years in Colorado as a newspaper reporter. I was pretty damn good. Is it ok to brag a bit? I married in 1983 and my husband and I moved to Wyoming where he worked for Amoco Oil. It was a boom town that grew from 4,000 to 10,000 in a couple of years so I had a great time there is a newspaper reporter. But my mom started to develop early onset Alzheimer’s and I decided to go back to school at age 40 and study social work. I moved in the 1990s to Colorado where I worked for many years as an Alzheimer’s educator and for the Alzheimer’s Association in Colorado Springs and also opened up a few senior residences in Colorado Springs. In 2007 my husband and I retired and bought a small RV and sold everyth...Expand for more